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Alex Pollock and Amanda Collins in Harbor Stage Company's "The Seagull." (Photo by Robert Kropf)

You could help send “The Seagull” to Boston. And/or help send “Mildred Fierce” to New York City. And/or help “Blithe Spirit” materialize in Wellfleet.

Three local theater companies are counting on fundraisers – two online and one in person in Wellfleet – to get their latest productions to the next level.

Already started is a Kickstarter crowd-sourcing campaign for Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans to stage their first-ever New York production. They plan to bring Boston hit “Mildred Fierce” – a parody of the films – to Theatre 80 St. Mark’s in October (following the only Cape glimpse of the show Sept. 6-8 at Provincetown Theater).

The group is aiming to earn $50,000 by Sept. 6, and, as of this morning, is 35 percent funded (more than $17,000) by 128 backers. Gifts to donors range from T-shirts to show tickets to lunch or a dinner party with Landry and star Varla Jean Merman.

Peregrine Theatre Ensemble chose indiegogo.com for its crowdsourcing campaign to raise $18,000 for its Oct. 3-20 production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. With 35 days to go, the push has raised more than $3,000.

Gifts for donors are divided into theatrical awards, ranging from postcards to dinner with the three co-founders of the company, to “supernatural” awards connected to co-founder Adam Berry, a member of the investigative team on Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters.”

And Harbor Stage Company has a party scheduled Sunday to raise money for its move of the successful “Seagull” that opened its Wellfleet season to Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre next month. “BBQ, Bocce & Boston” will feature dinner, drinks, live entertainment and “slightly competitive lawn bowling” at the Harbor.

Festivities start at 4:30 p.m. and last until “dark-ish” at 15 Kendrick Ave., next to the town pier. Tickets are $55. RSVPs by tomorrow (Aug. 21) requested to jonathan@harborstage.org or 508-514-1763.

Proceeds will benefit the Sept. 19-22 remounting of the acclaimed “Seagull.” (Tickets for the Boston show are available for $20 at www.harborstage.org and more information is available at www2.suffolk.edu/moderntheatre.)

Catering for BBQ, Bocce, & Boston will be provided by Russ and Marie’s Marconi
Beach BBQ and Restaurant and entertainment will come courtesy of the company and Wellfleet accordionist Sophie Craft.

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